books about: birdsong

books about: birdsong

books:

Birdsong

The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (Backyard Birdsong Guides)

Donald Kroodsma

Chronicle Books, 2008

WOW!
Wow!! What a terrific book . . . the text, the sounds, the selection of species, the layout . . . everything works perfectly together. And, the Western book is just as impressive as its eastern companion. I opened my pre-release copy, intending to spend just a few ...

The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong

Donald Kroodsma

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

"Not least,for just being there and singing,I thank the birds themselves."
With over 1,000 "Bird Books" in my collection;it takes something real special to excite me. This book is such a special book. There are many books,records,tapes CD's and DVD'd that do an excellent job of teaching and describing bird songs so that with some practice ...

The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls (Book & Audio CD)

Pete Dunne

Stackpole Books, 2006

Informative, intelligen and very humorous
The Art of Pishing is an excellent source for learning how to attract birds by mimicking their alert/alarm calls. The humor in the book is a delightful surprise and kept me reading for the next one-liner. At the same time the author clearly explains how to "pish". If ...

Raccoon Moon (Accelerated Reader Program series)

Nancy Carol Willis

Birdsong Books, 2002

Particularly suitable for bedtime reading
Written and illustrated by Nancy Carol Willis, Raccoon Moon is a gentle and highly recommended children's picturebook about a mother raccoon who takes care of her young cubs. The soft color, museum quality illustrations add a heartwarming special touch to this tender ...

A Guide to Night Sounds: The Nighttime Sounds of 60 Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Insects

Lang Elliott

Stackpole Books, 2004

What goes bump in the night
If you live in the woods or country and are curious about what goes bump in the night, this book and CD will explain those noises. We kept hearing a wonderful creature but had no way to identify it. Turns out it was a screech owl (they don't hoot nor do they screech). ...

Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song

Les Beletsky

Chronicle Books, 2006

Bird Song Book
This is a very good book. I bought myself one and this one I sent to my brother in Idaho. I LOVE this book. If you are a bird lover, you need this book.

Bird Songs From Around the World: Featuring Songs of 200 Birds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Push and ...

Les Beletsky

Chronicle Books, 2007

Bird Songs from Around The World
I was very disappointed in this book it wasn't at all like I was lead to believe, I live in a public restroom in Svalbard and expected to see and hear more birds common to Svalbardean public toilets, really it was a total waste of money.

The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Western North America (Backyard Birdsong Guide)

Donald Kroodsma

Chronicle Books, 2008

Great Way to Begin Learning Bird Songs
The illustrations & descriptions for each bird are done very well. The sound quality of the individual bird songs is excellent. This book is a great way for anyone to begin learning about common backyard birds and their songs.

Common Birds and Their Songs (Book and Audio CD)

Lang Elliott

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Photos, Info and song....
I am new to serious birdwatching, but already own half a dozen books on North American birds. I find this book and companion CD especially nice because of it's portability and ease of use. The photographs are clear, and the information concise. The songs of the ...

Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War

Sebastian Faulks

Vintage, 1997

One of the best novels I've read
The scenes with Stephen are extremely well written. Increadibly intense account of personal suffering of soldiers in World War I. Tender, realistic love story. This is first-class writing. Unfortunately, later scenes with granddaughter Elizabeth are very weak. But ...

The Music of Wild Birds

Judy Pelikan

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004

a beautiful book, with love & joy
some books are made that are not only beautifully constructed & designed, but include joyful text & illustrations. this is such a book. a joy to read, to look at & behold.

Music of the Birds: A Celebration of Bird Song

Lang Elliott

Houghton Mifflin, 1999

Most spectacular nature book in many a year
If you love nature and are not familiar with the work of Lang Elliott, then do yourself a favor and get acquainted with him pronto! Elliott is one of America's foremost natural sound recordists and nature photographers, and here, in "Music of the Birds," he uses both ...

Know Your Bird Sounds, Volume 1: Yard, Garden, and City Birds

Lang Elliott

Stackpole Books, 2004

Fabulous for learning all the sounds of your common birds
Lang Elliott, one of the best bird recordists around, has compiled a wonderful collection of virtually all the vocalizations made by 35 species found in eastern North America. This compilation may have a limited number of species covered, but it more than makes up for ...

Puerto Rico's Birds in Photographs

Mark W. Oberle

Edit Humanitas, 2000

Perfect Guide when birding in Puerto Rico
This is the perfect guide book for birding in Puerto Rico. The photographs, 1340 in all, are brilliant, and the text is detailed and rich in information. The guide itself will easily fit into a pocket or day pack and so when out in the field you will have it at your ...

Birdsong: A Natural History

Don Stap

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Travels With Birders
In his excellent earlier book, Parrot Without a Name, Don Stap traveled with John O'Neill and Ted Parker to Peru to find rare birds. In his new book, Birdsong, he travels with two experts of avian bioacoustics, Don Kroodsma and Greg Budney to hear rare birds. This is ...